Did anyone here have a scheduled, elective c-section and would not do it again?

[Anonymous]

Nope. C was SO much better than vaginal. Wish I'd never had a vaginal.

[Anonymous]

I had elective Cs for both of my kids and I wouldn’t do it any other way. You know what works best for you. Trust what you decide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Something you have to consider is the possibility of other surgeries in the future. Each surgery in the same general area is progressively riskier.

There are studies that show that outcomes for vaginal deliveries are better than those of c sections, and c sections have adverse impacts on the baby as well so you can check those out too.

Whoever said that not all c sections have a difficulty recovery is wrong. You have to lay down a lot to recover which is hard regardless but especially with a newborn.

I had two c sections and no vaginal births. I had reasons to have a c section but I could have tried harder for vaginal but since everything was fine and I don’t know what the outcome of vaginal would have been, I don’t regret my choices.

For somebody who has good medical care, your odds of having a good outcome at heigh in both scenarios.

So much of this is bullshit fear mongering. I had super easy recoveries, no problems caring for my kids. They’re both perfectly healthy and super smart!

Oh please. This is not bullshit fear mongering. I too had two c sections that went fine, I don’t regret them, and I specifically said that both vaginal deliveries and planned c sections have good outcomes so both are fine. There are just some positives and negatives to consider.

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Let me paste in something you wrote that is an over generalization and not true for most people.

Whoever said that not all c sections have a difficulty recovery is wrong. You have to lay down a lot to recover which is hard regardless but especially with a newborn.

[Anonymous]

I had a planned c. I suppose elective since I could have had a vaginal but I had a concern from an earlier issue where the doctor agreed my choice for a c was rational. It was a breeze in terms of recovery. The right after part is weird bc the baby is there but you’ve got a fair bit more surgery left. No regrets but it was weirder than I imagined it would be.

[Anonymous]

I had a planned c section. I feel like I read horror stories of recovery and it made it seem like it was going to be horrible, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought. I will say, walk as soon as you can. I set little goals with my nurse every few hours. Walking to the bathroom, walking to the door, walking one or two rooms down.
I’m thankful I had planned them, with my first, I was low on amniotic fluid and they were going to have a c section anyways, and with my second there was a full true knot in the cord. I’m very thankful that I had it planned, especially with my second, had I labored and pushed it could have been really scary.
Like others said, you need to think about how many kids you want. My OB advised me I couldn’t have more than 3, however my friend had 4 C sections.

[Anonymous]

In thinking about number of kids and c-sections, I think also maybe think about whether you’d had any D&Cs. I had one D&C and two c-sections and my uterus was pretty well shot—I was done having kids at that point but my doctor said she was really glad because she didn’t know if the uterine wall would hold for another. I think a D&C isn’t as bad as a c-section but it is an additional stress to the uterine wall.